Chapter 21

Halley's POV

People at school eventually found out that I was "with child." Well my stomach growing bigger everyday didn't hide the fact. I was five months pregnant and my stomach seemed huge.

Everyone also knew about the whole situation with Dallas. All the people at school knew I was dating the infamous Dallas Winston. They also knew about how he had cheated on me and had taken off when he found out about the baby. It seemed to me that the only fact they failed to know was that the person he had cheated on me with was, none other than, their beloved Cherry Valence.

All day at school, I walked around and people gave me looks of disgust. They all thought I was just another greaser who got knocked up by some guy. What they didn't know was that I thought me and Dallas were in love. I knew I loved him and I was sure he loved me, but, as it turned out, he didn't.

At lunch I sat with Steve, Hannah, Emily, and her new "boyfriend," Joe. I'm pretty sure she's just dating him to make Two-Bit jealous. Oh well. Eating lunch with them added some comfort to my very stressful day.

I was relieved when the bell signaled the end of the school day at 3:00. I hurried to my locker, got my things, and waited, outside the school building, for Two-Bit, Emily, and her new guy. Two-Bit was the first one out and he didn't look too happy.

"Hey Two-Bit," I said when he reached me.

"Hey Halley Gally. Hello baby," he said, saying the second hello to my stomach.

"What's wrong? You don't look like your normal goofy self."

"What do you think is wrong, Hal? Emily's with another guy! She's supposed to be my girl!"

I stifled a laugh. "I thought you two weren't goin' out. And if you were, you would've never guessed with all the other girls you hang all over."

"Well, we're not going out officially. But the way we act towards each other she should know she's my girl."

"Yeah, well, not everyone's a mind reader like you. Maybe you should tell her that yourself because here she comes." He turned around and looked.

Emily waved, and she and Joe walked over to us. "Hey guys."

"Hey Emily. Joe," I said. Joe nodded in reply. "We goin' to my house?"

"Yeah," Two-Bit answered.

"Is it all right if Joe comes too?"

Two-Bit glared at me. I glared back. He gave up and I answered. "Yeah, sure."

We started in the direction of my house. Two-Bit was way ahead of us, and the first one to reach my house. I walked alongside Joe and Emily. We walked into the house and Two-Bit was sitting on the couch. "Joe, make yourself comfortable, and Emily, can I talk to you, in my room?"

"Yeah, sure," she answered and followed me upstairs. "So what's up?"

"Are you serious about Joe? Do you even like him? Or are you just using him to make Two-Bit jealous and to drive me crazy?"

"Joe's okay. I would love for Two-Bit to like me, but he doesn't, so I'm using Joe. Who cares?"

"I do. Two-Bit cares for you. Before you walked out of the school, he was complaining about you and Joe. And if this continues, I'm gonna go insane."

"Don't worry. This isn't gonna last. I'll break up with Joe, now that I know how Two-Bit feels. In fact, I'll tell him right now that he has to go and that we will talk later," she said and walked out the door.

I sighed and sat on my bed for a few minutes. When I walked back to the living room, Joe was gone, and Two-Bit and Emily were kissing. "Oh my, my. What do we got here?" I said.

Two-Bit looked up, grinned, and went back to kissing Emily. I shook my head and went into the kitchen, where I sat at the table and read. Soda would be coming by later to work on the baby's room. It's going to be the room right next to mine. It was Hannah's but she's moving into the room that we have in the attic.

About fifteen minutes later, Two-Bit and Emily left, hand-in-hand. I hope Joe doesn't see them. He'd be heartbroken.

Ten minutes later, there was a knock at the door. I didn't know anyone who would knock. Usually, everyone just walks right in. I opened the door and gasped.

Dally's POV

I was in New York for four months, doing a lot of thinking, about Halley and the baby, my baby. I had to go back to Tulsa. I knew I had to. I need to make things right with Halley. I mean, I love her, and that's what I had to do.

But I couldn't go back without getting into a little trouble with TJ and Jake. We did some gambling, partying, fighting. It was fun but, while TJ and Jake were getting chicks, I couldn't seem to get my mind off of Halley, no matter how hot the chick in front of me was.

I had decided to go back and I wouldn't have changed my mind.

I was sitting in the living room with TJ and Jake talking. "So how much longer ya stayin'?" TJ asked.

"Not much longer. A week at the most."

"So you've finally decided to go work things out with your girl?"

"Yeah, I need to. I never thought I'd say this but I love her, and I'm missin' her."

"How sweet. The notorious Dallas Winston is goin' soft," TJ said.

"Shut up man. I'm not. It's just Halley. I don't know why, but I can't get her outta my head. I haven't been able to since I got here."

"Yeah how nice. You should really be telling her all this stuff, not us," said Jake.

"Yeah, yeah. I'm goin' to bed," I said. TJ and Jake got up and went to their rooms. I lay down on the couch and thought about Halley and how much I missed her. That's when I decided to leave for Tulsa right then.

Within the week, I was back wondering the streets of Tulsa, Oklahoma. I arrived late at night so I spent the night at Buck's. The next day, as much as I dreaded it, I walked over to Halley's house. I walked up her porch steps and knocked on the door. I wouldn't have normally, but considering the current situation, I did. Halley opened the door and was shocked to see me. She looked as if she was about to faint.

Halley's POV

I looked at the person standing on the other side of the door. "Dallas Winston."

"The one and only," he said.

"What are you doing here?" I asked frustrated.

"I…umm…came to apologize. I wanna make things right again."

"You cheat on me and take off for four months after getting me pregnant, and you expect things to be right again."

"Well it's gonna take time but I think we can--."

"Dallas, don't," I interrupted, "I can't take this right now. I can't take the stress. It's not good for the baby."

"Halley, please. I miss you so much." Tears started collecting in my eyes. "I love you so much. I can't live without you any longer."

I started crying. "Dallas, I love you too. It's been hell these past four months living without you here. But you cheated on me, with a Soc. And then you took off for months after telling you I was pregnant. You didn't even say goodbye or tell anyone where you were going. I really can't take this. I can't deal with you right now. It hurts too much. I'm broken up inside and it's all because of you."

He tried to pull me into a hug and comfort me, but I pulled away. "Dallas, stop. I really cannot deal with this right now," I said sobbing, "Please leave." I closed the door on him and slid down the door to the ground and continued to cry.